Michael Lach
BIO
Michael C. Lach is currently Officer of Teaching and Learning, overseeing curriculum and instruction in the 600+ schools comprise the nation's third largest school district. Mr. Lach began teaching high school biology and general science at Alce Fortier Senior High School in New Orleans in 1990 as a charter member of Teach For America, the national teacher corps. After 3 years in Louisiana, he joined the national office of Teach For America as Director of Program Design, developing a portfolio based alternative-certification system that was adopted by several states. Returning to the science classroom in 1994 in New York City Public Schools, and then back to Chicago in 1995 to Lake View High School, he was named one of Radio Shack's Top 100 Technology Teachers, earned National Board Certification, and was named Illinois Physics Teacher of the Year. He has served as an Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow, advising Congressman Vernon Ehlers (R-MI) on science, technology and education issues. He was lead curriculum developer for the Investigations in Environmental Science curriculum developed at the Center for Learning Technologies in Urban Schools at Northwestern University and published by It's About Time, Inc. As an administrator, he has led the district's efforts in science and mathematics instruction in a variety of roles between 2003 and 2007. He has written extensively about science teaching and learning for publications such as The Science Teacher, The American Biology Teacher, and Scientific American. He earned a bachelor's degree in physics from Carleton College, and master's degrees from Columbia University and Northeastern Illinois University.
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